On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 04:43:16PM -0400, Michael Lorenz wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about machines where the firmware sets up the graphics
> display, usually whatever resolution it considers 'native' in 8 bit. I
> see no real reason to switch to something higher just for text display
> - - on older hardware using more than 8 bit may be considerably slower -
> that's why I want colour depth switching. Leave the display timing,
> resolution etc. alone.
Except that some of us can't look at CRT displays with refresh rates
below 85Hz without seeing 'large area flicker' - which hurts.
There are also problems where the code that decides which resultions
(and refresh rates) the monitor supports gets it wrong.
Later versions of X are particularly annoying since they don't seem
to let you directly set the refresh rate - leaving you with too high
a refresh rate for a cheap LCD panel.
David
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